Vending machine



Ju ne 16, 1936. V M. DORMAN 2,044,672

VENDING MACHINE Filed March 28, 19:55 5 she'ets sheat l June 16, 1936.M. DORMAN `VENDING MACHIE -5 Sheets-sheet 2 Filed March 28, 1935 Juua16, 1936. DORMAN 2,044,672

VENDING MACHINE Filal March 28, 1935 5 sheets-shaet 3 June 16, 1936.

M. DORMAN VENDING MACHINE Filed Mrh 28, 1935 5 sheets-shea'z 4 June 16,1936. M, DRMAN 2,044,672

VENDING MACHINE Fl'ed March 28, 1935 v 5 shaa's-shee'a` 5 Patented June16,4 1936 UNITED sTATEs -PATENT OFFICE ammz VENDING MACHINE MorrisDemon, Baltimol'e. Md.

Application March 28, 193.5. Serial No. 13,522

4 Cllims. (Ci: 194-83) My invention relates to vending machines. Animportant Object oi' the invention is to provide a machine which willvend an article oi' u given value upon the insertion of coins ofdiflerent denominations, and will return the proper change. i

A further Object of the invention is to provide a machine o! the abovementioned chsiracterl coins, after they have been employed in releasingthe vending means-and in actuating the change making mechanism.

A further Object of the invention is to provide autoinstic means toindicate when the coin or coins in thechange making mechanism are ex'-hausted to such an extent that proper change cannot be made, and also toprevent the insertion of the coin, of a selected denomination, in themachine.

Other objects and edvantases of the invention will be apparent duringthe course oi the following description. V

In the accompanying drawi'ngs iorming a part oi this application and inwhich like nnmerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesume, 4

` Figure 1 is a perspective view oi' avending machine embodying myinvention,

Figure 2 is a similar view with the front door open,

Figure 3 is a perspective view o! the selecting mechanism associatedwith the change making mechanism, f s

Figure 4 is a central Vertical longitudinal section through the coinentrance chute of the selecting mechanism,

Figure 5 is a somewhat irregulsr truznsverse section taken on line E--tof Figure s,

Figure a is a transverse section mken on line a--in oi' Figure 3.

Figure 6 is e. perspective view of the som en trance chute of theselecting niechi'1 :i s. end associated elements,

Figure 'i is a irngmentery perspective view of one oi the ieversincluded in the selecting M nisni,

Figure 8 is s' perspectlve view ot the vending mechanism including` theejectors and associated elements,

Figure 9 is a vertical transverse section. somewhat enlarged. showingthe ejector and asso- 5 ciated elements, taken on the same section lineas Figure 10,

Figure 10 is a transverse Vertical section taken on line lil-it oiFigure 1,v y

Figure 11 is a perspective view, parts broken 10 away,v of a gruvityactuated feed eiement ior the pspers, i

Figure 12 is a perspective view of a. member constituting the inclinedbottom of the ieed chain-- ber or compnrtnient, parts broken away, 15

Figure 13 is a. transverse section teken on line it-u-it of Figure il,

Figure le is a. similar view taken on line iii--it oi Figure li.

Figure 15 is a perspective view oi the coin vend- 20 Y zo the bodyportion of the 'machine This cusing may be supported by any suitnblemeens. and for the purpose oi iilustretion I have shown split 30 clempsti nttuched thereto, which ere edspted to be secured to e. post orupright 22, as shown. The cssing tu has a psper receiving chember orcompartment mi. within which the newspepers M, or like articles, to bevended, are erranged. 35 The chamber or compartment 23 hus a bottom walltt, which is trsnsversely inciined and extends downwardiy in a forwardlydirection, end this bottom wall is continued in s substantialiy Verticalshoulder tt end vertically inclined exten- 40 j sion or apron `2`l.forming with a. iront door 28,

glass st or other transparent material, so that the customer megascertein whether the muchin V is emptyor' the like. 50

The newspspers til sre errsnged verhcniiy on edge within thecbmpnrtinent or chsmher tt with their ioisle edges iowermost, und thesenewspsperenre supported upon the inciineri bottom tt. end slidedownwnrdls Won such bottom. The

leading newspaper 24 rests against stop straps or fingers 33, which arepreferably somewhat resilient and are attached to the top of thecompartment 23, as shown. Gravity operated follower mechanism isprovided to advance the stack of newspapers and retain their Verticalarrangement. This follower mechanism includes tracks 34, which areinclined and extend downwardly in a forward direction and are parallelwith the inclined bottom 25. `These tracks are in' the form of channelsand have upper and lower flanges 36 and 31 and a Vertical wall 38.Coacting with these tracks are carriages 39, having a horizontal rodrigidly secured thereto. The ends of the -carriages 39 are preferablyforked for receiving rollers M, pivotally connected therewith to turnupon generally Vertical aXes, and these rollers engage the side walls38. R/Ollers 02 are also secured to the carriages 39, and these rollershave horizontal axes [33 and the rollers '32 travel upon the lowerfianges 31, but are preferably slightly spaced from the upper flanges,as more clearly shown in Figure 13. A relatively heavy plate 40 isarranged behind the trailing newspaper to engage therewith and thisplate is normally vertically arranged, and is provided at its upper endwith knuckles 45, attached thereto, and these knuckles are pivotallymounted upon the rod 40. Arranged at the rear of the plate 44 aretension flngers or straps 46, which are separate from the plate 44,engage therewith and are rigidly attached to the rod 40. It is thus seenthat the carriages 39 and plate 44 gravitate downwardly and forwardly asa unit, as the papers are vended, shifting the entire stack of papersforwardly down the inclined bottom 25 and maintaining the verticalarrangement of the stack.

The vending mechanism comprises a plurality of vertically arrangedstationary stop bars or stop members 41, which are spaced longitudinallyof the inclined bottom 25, and extend through openings 48, formedtherein. These stop bars are .rigidly attached to the bottom 49 of thecasing 20.

These stop bars project vertically above the inclined bottom wall 25,for a substantial distance, and their upper ends are inclined orbevelled, as

shown at 50. Mounted upon the rear side of each Vertical stationary stopbar 41 is a generally Vertical reciprocatory ejector 5l, which lsgenerally U-shaped in horizontal cross-section, for receiving the stopbar therein. The ejector therefore has sliding engagement upon the stopbar and is positively guided by the stopbar during its Verticalmovement. Near its lower end, the ejector has an opening or recess 52formed in its bottom wall, for receiving a roller 53, pivotallyconnected with the side walls of the ejector, and this roller travelsupon the rear face of the stationary stop bar. Each vertically movableeject or 5l has a. suitably lstifl' leaf spring 54 attached to the same,near its lower end, as shown at 55, and this leaf spring is provided atits upper end with a hook portion 56, receiving therein a' preferablyrigid lcrank 51, rigidly attached to a rock shaft 58, to be furtherdescribed. The Spring 54 tends to hold the ejector in a Verticalposition in contact with its stop bar 41 and when the crank 51 is swungupwardly the spring 54 ele- 41, these inclined ends or faces thenconstituting one Continuous inclined face or deflecting surface to causethe leading newspaper, which is then elevated, to drop into the outletpassage 29.

As is well known the thickness of a newspaper frequently varies onaccount of the variation in the number of sheets of different editions,and in order that the ejector mechanism will function properly withnewspaper of different thicknesses, means are provided to laterallyadjust the ejectors, shifting the upper ends thereof rearwardly, if thepapers are thicker. This means comprises a horizontal rock shaft 60,joumalled in suitable stationary bearings Gi, attached to a horizontalbar 62, which is secured to the ends 63 of the compartment 23. Rigidlymounted upon the rock shaft 60, adjacent to each stationary stop bar isa depending crank 04, having links 65, pivoted thereto, and these linksmay rest upon the bar 52, and operate through notches or openings 66formed in the stop bar and carry a roller 6'! arrangeci to engage theforward face of the reciprocatory ejector. A lever 68 is rigidlyattached to One end of the rock shaft 60 and carries a pointer 69,arranged to operate in proximity to a scale 10, graduated to indicatethe thickness of a newspaper, depending upon the number of sheets of thesame. This scale is so graduated that the numerals increase forwardly,and when thenumber of sheets of the newspaper is known, the operatorfilling the compartment 23 of the machine, adjusts the 1ever 66 untilthe pointer is brought adjacent to the corresponding selected number ofthe scale, and this will laterally shift or adjust the ejectorsufflciently, so that the point of its upper inclined face or end 59will engage the lower edge of the newspaper, at a point slightlyrearwardly of its center, whereby the leading paper is elevated, andwhen it is moved upwardly to clear the inclined end of the stop bar 41,the paper will be vended, as stated. Sinceithe vertically movable'ejector is to be laterally adjustable with vrespect to the width orthickness of the newspapers, its engaging edge will always be upon therear side of the center of the newspaper and there is no liability ofthe ejector becoming disposed forwardly of the newspaper, which wouldprevent the vending of the same. Further, the inclined upper faces or'ends of the stop bar and companion ejector serve as one continuous inrclined surface, so that the lower edge of the newspaper will slide downthe same.

' The'rock shaft 56 is manually turned clockwise by means of a crank 1l,arranged exteriorly of the casing 20. This crank is employed to turn therock shaft 55 clockwise from the starting position, 'and the rock shaftis locked or held against turning movement in a counter-clockwisedirection from the starting position by one crank 51 engaging over astationary stop 12. A tortional coil Spring 13 surrounds a portion ofthe rock shaft 58 and has one end thereof attached to a head or collar'14, clamped to the rock shaft, and the opposite end of this spring isadapted for insertion' within a selected opening 15, formed upon atension nut 16, rotatably mounted upon the rock shaft, for adjustment,but normally held against turning movement by means ofa screw 11,passing into a selected opening 15, and this screw is carried by a frameportion 15. thus seen that the tension nut is normallyheld stationary,and this enables the tortional'spring to return the rock shaft to thenormal starting position, when shifted therefrom.

Extending upwardly from the collar 14 is a It is" .disposed to one sideof the dog fi.

normally Vertical arm 19, provided near its uppel' end with a generallyhorizontal coin shii'ting bar Arranged near and above the arm 'll is avertically Swinging dog BI pivoted at 82, and the free end 83 of thisdog is arranged in advance of the upper end of the arm 'H9 and specedtherefrom, as shown, for aifording initial loss motion between theelements ls and BI. The function of the dog 8! coacting with the arm 19,is to prevent the turning movement of the rock shaft to such an extent,for Vending the newspaper,

without the insertion of the proper coin or coins. A Companion generallyVertical arm M is rigidly attached .to the collar li, and carries a,relatively thin coin slicing bar tt at its upper end. which coin slicingbar is normally generally horizontally arranged. As more clearly shownin Figure 5, the coin shifting bar tt is positioned directly beneath thedog Bi, while the eoin slicing bar dt is The bars f and i Swing inVertical planes and are positioned within pockets tt and il,respectively, formed in astationary housing dt, included in the Selectormechanism. This housing tt is stationary, and

is supported by Vertical legs tt, Figure 3, extending downwardly to beboited to the bottom of the casing ft, The housing tt is amo attached tothe end wall of the casino fii, as shown at ho, Figure 5. 'lt might bestated at this point that when a selected coin or coins are positionedabove the coin shifting bar til, and this bar is swuna1 upwardiy, suchcoin or coins will engage beneath the dog hi, Swinging it upwardly sothat lt dieengages the end of arm li. thereby freelno roch shaft 5h forclockwise turning movement. i

The casing ft is provided with a compartment lll, at one end thereof,and this compartment is separate from the newspaper holding compart'ment, and the compartment si receives the eleu ments til and to, andassociated element. This eompartment may be provided in its front with aWindow '.lii, for observation purposes and is provided with a coin slot'ft of sumcient size for receiving coins of different diameters, such asquarters. niclrels, dimes and pennies. Arranged Within the compartrnenti! and leading to the' coin slot to receive coins therefrom, is a coinchute til, Figure Li, and this coin chute is vertlu cally inclined' Theooin chute is provided adjacent one side with a step-member th, havinglifts or surfaces ilil, ti, and ht. disposed at diderent elevations andentendlng downwarelly in the order stated. The bottom portion tu of thecoin chute is horizontal in tronsverse section. "il'he coin slot it ishorizontollp1 arranged and will deliver the coin in a horinontniposition into the coin chute. The lifts to, them] til, as described',increase in elevation toward their lower ends but are longitudinailyincllned. The uppermost lift ht being disposed the greater distance fromthe opposite side wall of the chute, will have the quarter traveliingover the same, and will araduailv tilt the quarter from the horizonte]position toward the Vertical position as it travels downwardlv through'the chute. In a similar mnnner the lift hi `n'ill engage and tilt thenicirel, and the lift tt engase and tiit the penny,` while the dinlewill pass directly upon the bottom tt and will not be tilted later-allyduring its travel through the coin chute. As cleal-ly shown in Figure 4,the nunieral iilll designates a dinie pocket, whichcis verticallpdisposecl and adjacent to the lowermost end of the coin chute. Next tothe dinie pochet iid is a quarter pocket mi, then a nickel het mi, andthen-aJ two-pe pocket mi, in the order stated. When the dime enters thecoin chute. since it is not tilted latex-ally it will travel over thepockets m3, itif. and iti, until it strikes a stationary pin ordeflector iflt, which will cause it to tilt on edge and drop into thepocket i00. The quarter engaging the upper lift tt, is tilted Iaterallyduring its downward travel within the coin chute and clears the lowerend of the lift and strihes a stationary deflector i and then drops intothelquarter pocket i ti. In a similar manner the niclcel travelsdownwardly in engagement with the intermediate lift hl and is laterallytilted thereby and disengaging the lower' end of this lift, the nickelstrikes a stationary deflector mt, and drops into the nickei pocket iif. The penny travelling through the slot is tilted by the lift tu andupon strikina the defiector it will drop into the penny pocket. I'rfpennies are fed into the poclret mt, when the paper sells for two cents.In Figure 5. the quarter pocket ihi is shown, having an inclined bottomwall itil. As shown, the pockets tdi, itf, and mi are correspondinglyshaped, but their bottom Walls are arranged at diderent depths orelevations. depending upon the diameter of the coin. 'The pockets itt tomi, inclusive, lead into Vertical pockets itd, iiil, iii, and iili,respectively, the don di being' arraned above these pochets ich to iif,as clearly shown in Figure h. It is thus seen that when the coln orcoins are passed through the slot tt, they will be introduced into theproper pocltet in the group nicirei receiving pocket; a Selector level``i ii adjacent to the quarter receiving pochet, and a selector 1ever iiiiadjacent to the dime receiving pocket, there being no Selector lever forthe twopanny receiving pocket. 'These seiector ievers are pivotallysupported at a point near their centers hy a stationary horizontal pivotelement or rod i iii'. 'l'he Selector levers are uenerally Verticallyarranged, and swinn in Vertical planes. The upper end of each selectorlever is provided with a fin or proiection i it having a cam. surface iil, and this dn projects into the coin reciving pocket in the nroup iduto iiii, inclusive. When the roch shaft iid is turned clochwise, theslicer-bar th rises and shii'ts the coin iaterally in an outwarddirection toward the corresponding Selector 1ever and holds4 the coin.against later-al movernent in an opposite direction, while .the coin ispartly elevated by the har fit; Upon its upward movement, the coinshifts the upper selector lever cutwardly and then continues itsmovements and eneaues the doc.r ti so that it will free the arm lt.Rigidlzv attoched to the selector lever iiil is a hnper iili crranuedbeneath the plvot iiiiV, and contactino with Selector lever Mil .butving no connection therewith. The selector lever iit has a hno'er iiilrioidly nttached thereto and this unser io arranued beneath the pivotMt' and extends to the seiector 1ever i it to contact with the el Thefinoer iiii is provided with on intermediate bulue so that it Will notactuate the 1ever i iii. The selector 1ever i iil serves to return threepeinies, upon the insertion of a nichel into the nieco, and the movementof the Selector level' iiil does not move Selector levers iii and iit.When a quarter is inserted into the machine, selector iever iiil ismoved, which returns four nicirels and the iinaer iii carried therebywill actuate selector 1ever i it wherebr four nickels and threepennies'are retumed. Selectorv iever iit is actuated upon the insertionof a e d will retum one nickel and the flnger IIB carried thereby willactuate the Selector 1ever I I3, whereby this nickel and three pennieswill be returned.

In Figure 15, is shown change making mechanism, including a body portionIIS, having guide ways or passages IZII, I2I, and I22, horizontallyarranged. These passage ways have associated therewith horizontal wallsI23', and discharge chutes I24, I25 and I26, to deliver coins to acommon receptacle I2`I, from which they may be eonveniently removed byraising a cover I28. Mounted within the passage I 20 is an ejector I29,having a pocket I for receiving three pennies, the ejector beingSubstantially the thickness of three pennies. passages are closed by acover I3I, rigidly attached to the body portion IIS, and this covercarries a Vertical tube I32, holding pennies in Stacked order, and thepocket i30 is in alignment with the bore of the tube I32 when theejector is in the normal inner position. The ejector I29 has itsopposite longitudinal edges beveled or inclined, at I33 and I3l, whichpermits of a limited turning movement of the ejector within the guideway, the ejector being capable of Sliding longitudinally in the guideway. The ejector is Shifted longitudInally inwardly by a retractile coilSpring I35 attached to the outer' end of the ejector, as shown. Theejector is provided in the outer portion with a recess ISB, and ashoulder I3'I. This shoulder is engaged by a shifting crank I 38, Figure8,' when the ejector has been shifted laterally by its Selector lever,as explained, but if the ejector has not been shifted laterally, theshifting crank will clear the shoulder I3'I, and the ejector will not beShifted longitudinally and outwardly. When the ejector I29 is shiftedlongitudinally and Outwardly the three pennies within the pocket ISI!will discharge into the chute I24 and then into the receptacle I2`I. Theejector I29, at its outer end, has pivotal connection with the Selectorlever II3, through the medium of a link I 39. The numeral MI] designatesa vertical tube for holding nickels and this tube is over the guide wayI 2I. An ejector III is mounted to operate within the guide way I2I andis identical with the ejector I29, excepting that the pocket H2 isformed to receive four nickels and the ejector has a thicknesscorresponding to Substantially the comblned thickness of four nickels.When the ejector IlI is moved forwardly, four nickels will be dischargedinto the receptacle I2'I. The ejector III ls moved forwardly by thecrank H3, rigidly attached to the rock shaft 58, and adapted to engagewith the shoulder I3'I of ejector Ill, when ejector HI has been. shiftedlaterally. Ejector III isshifted laterally by means of a link Ipivotally connected at its other end and with the lower end of theSelector lever IH. An ejector H5 is mounted within the passageway I22and is identical with the ejector i29, excepting that the ejector H5'has a pocket H6, for receiving one nickel from a Verticalnickel-holding tube IH. The ejector I 45 is moved forwardly to dischargethe nickel within its pocket when an operating crank M8 rigidly securedto the rock Sh'aft 58, engages the shoulder I3`I of the ejector H5, theejector being Shifted laterally for this purpose by means of a link H9,pivotally connected with the lower end of the Selector lever I I5. Thecoins after elevating the dog 8I are discharged from beneath the dog andare caught in an inclined receptacle ISII, which discharges these coinsinto an inclined assorting and distributing chute The tops of theseverall I5I. The chute'ISI is arranged upon the tops of the com-holdingtubes I32, IN, and Il'l, and are attached to brackets I52. The chute hasa rib I53 upon one side thereof to engage the dimes and tilt them sothat they will readily pass through a 'dime slot I54, and be dischargedinto a chute I 55, which will conduct the dimes to a basket I56. Accessmay be had to this basket by removing door I56'. The chute I5I hasa ribi51 at a higher elevation and this rib engages and tllts pennies so thatthey are conducted to a slot I 60 and will feed into 'the pennyreceiving tube I 32. lThe chute I5I has a.v rib I 59 of still higherelevation to engage and tilt nickels which will pass through a nickelslot I58 and enter the tube H0 or through a nickel slot ISI and enterthe tube I4'I if the tube H0 is fllled. The chute also has a rib I62 toengage and tilt the quarters which are gradually elevated during theirtravel through the chute and are finally positioned upon a web I63 andare conducted to the basket ISB. As the dimes and quarters will never beretumed to the operator of the machine, they are not handled by themachine in making change, and con- Sequently only the nickels andpennies are fed into the com-holding tubes, for that purpose.

Means are provided to indicate when the machine does not contain aSufficient amount of coins to properly make change, such as when it doesnot have a sufllcient number of pennies.

This means comprises a Vertical detector IH, which is arranged beneathand centrally of the pocket I30 of the ejector I29. As long as the tubeI32 contains pennies. such pennies will depress the detector I64. Thiswill hold the rock shaft I65, see particularly Figures 6 and 15, againstturning movement. This rock shaft is pivotally supported to turn on itslongitudinal axis and carries a long arm i66, supporting a signalelement I61 at its free end. This signal element carries informationsuch as No Change". and the signalv element is visible through thewindow 92. This signal element operates within a housing IBS, and oneedge of the signal element is adapted to operate within a notch ISS,formed in the chute 94, when the signal element is lowered. The signalelement therefore projects into the opening or passage of the slot 93and will prevent the insertion of the coin therein. The signal elementIG'I is held elevated above the window 92 as. long as the tube H2contains a nickel or nickels, but when the last coin has been dischargedfrom this tube, the detector IM is released and the arm ISB and signalelement I6'I will then move downwardly so that the signal element willbe visible through the window and will partly obstruct the passage ofthe coinreceiving chute.

The operation of the machine is as follows:

With the newspapers arranged within the compartment 23, and the rockshaft 58 being in the normal starting position, as shown in Figure 8,the operator then inserts the coin O r coins into the slot 93. If theprice of the newspaper is two cents, and the operator has the properchange, he inserts two pennies into the slot 93, and these penniestravel through the coin receiving chute and are flnally collected in thepenny pocket I03. There is no Selector lever corresponding to this pennyreceiving pocket, as no change is now to be made. These two pennies arearranged in Stacked relation, and when the lever or vhandle 'II isturned forwardly or clockwise, the bar, 80 will elevate these coins,duelto the space between the end ll of the dog ll and the upper end ofthe arm 19, and these coins will raise the dog dl so that it will firstrelease the arm lt, and upon the continued turning movement of .the rockshaft 58 clockwise, the cranks El will elevateall o! the ejectors ti.These ejectors will raise the leading newspaper and when the bottom edgeof the newspaper clears the'upper bevelled ends oi Y the stationary stopbars ti, the newspaper will vdischarge through vthe* passage *2d to theoperator. The operating cranks carried by the rock shaft Eli do not nowshift any of the coin ejectors, as no coin ejector has been shifted hyits corresponding selcctor lever. After the two pennies have thuselevated'the dog ti, .such pennies are thrown from within theA pocketand are caught in the receptaole it and enter the distributing chute ihiand are returned to the penny tube i32.

` `When the roclr shaftt is released, it is returned to the normalstarting position by the Spring it, and the dog ti again looks the rock:shait against turning movenlent in a clockwise direction. When a nichelis inserted into the slot ti, this nickel is collected in the nickelreceiving pocket mi, and-when rocik shaft tt is turned cloclrwise, thisnicirel engages and elevates the dog hi to release the arm it. 'Theslicing bar hh also acts upon this nichel and shii'ts it laterally sothat it engages the niclrel Selector lever iiii, Swinging it upon itspivot. |This lever Mt is connected With the ejector its i'or receivingthree pennies, and the ejector iitl is accordingly shiii'ted laterallyso that its shoulder it'i Will be disposed in the path of travel of thecorrespondlng operating cranh itd.` Upon the further turning rnovementoi the rock shaft tt in a clockwise direction, the ejector Hit will hemoved iorwardly and three pennies Will be discharged into the receptacleit'i constituting the proper change. The niclrel inserted into themachine finally discharges into the cuhutes ihh and iti and hnd's itsWar to the tuhe 'wherehy the eiector iilh. which receives a single`nickei, is shiited lateraily and will snhseduentir be moved forwardly.'The Selector iever iiti also swings the selector lever iit, hy Virtueoi" lthe finger iiii, and the ejector lil-h Will also move forwardly anddischarge three pennies With the nickel into the receptacle it'i. When aquarter is inserted into the slot, this coin is canght in the pocket mi,and Will elevate the dog 'ali and string the lever iiil upon its pivot.'li'he lever iid'is connected With the ejector till Which receivcs i'ourniclreis and this ejector will he moved ii'orwardly to discharge thetour niclrels and the movenient oi the 1ever lid Will also savingSelector 1ever iit upon its pivot causing the three penny ejector Iiw tomove iorwardly and discharge three pennies With the tour niclreis. inthe case oi' dirnes and duarters, they are not ted into-the coin'holding tnhes, hut pass over them. and are passed in the haslret iht. lV

It is to be understood that the iorm oi my invention herewith shown anddescrihed is to he .taken as a'preierred example ot" the same and thatvarious changes in the size, shape and arrangement oi parts may beresortedto Witlflo'lit departing front the Spirit oi my invention or thescope of the subjoined claims. Having thus described my invention, Iciaim:

1. In a machine for vending newspapers or the like, means for receivingand holding a plurality o! newspapers, manually operated means to'discharge the newspapers from the receiving and holding means, lockmeans to normally hold the manually operated means against movement, aplurality of pockets for receiving coins of diii'erent denominationsarranged near the lock means, means movabie through all of the pocketsto engage a coin in any one pocket and cause the coin to actuate thelock means. shearing means operably connected to the manually controlledrockshaft to engage such coins and shift the same laterally', coinSelector means arranged near the pockets to be engaged by coins ofcorresponding denominations 'and to be actuated thereby When the coin isshifted laterally by the shearing means, and change making mechanismhaving its operation controlled by the action of the Selector levers.

2'. I-n a machine for vending newspapers or the like, means forreceiving and holding a plurality of newspapers, manually operated meansto discharge the newspapers from the receiving and holding meansincluding a rock shaft, an arm secure'd to the rock shaft and carrying acoin shirting bar, a pivoted dog having its holding end normallydisposed in the path oi travel of the arm, a second arm secured to therock shaft and having a. coin shearing bar, means providing a pluvralityoi pockets for receiving coins oi' different -denominat`ions and havingthe coin shifting hal" and the shearing bar shiitable transverselythrough the same, the coin shiiting bar serving to shii't a coin intoengagement with the dog to move the same to a releasing position and theshearing bar engaging such coin'to shii't it laterally, selectorelements arranged near lthe corresponding pockets to be moved by thecoin when shifted laterally, change making mechanism comprisinglaterally shiitable and .longitudinally movahle coin eiectors, means forconnecting the coin ejector With corresponding Selector elements so thatthe selected ejector is shiited laterally, and means mounted upon therock shait to engage and longitudinally shii't the laterally shiitedselected coin ejector.

. 3. In a machine for vending newspapers containing means for holdingand ejecting newspapers, an change making mechanisrn cornpising aplurality of laterally shiftabie and longitudinally niovable coinejectors, means providing a plurality of pockets forreceiving coins of.diii'er- -ent denominations, looking means to prevent the turning of thepaper ejecting means, means for raising a coin in a pocket ior releasingthe paper ejecting means and causing the coin to fall irorn the pocket,means to act upon a coin Within any pocket and shiit the samelaterallr', selector elements arranged near the corresponding coinneceiving pockets to be actuated hy the laterai snifting movement of thecoins within the poclrets, means connecting the Selector" elements Withthe corresponding coin ejectors to shirt them laterally to selectedpositions, and means to engage a selected ejector or ejectors to Shiftthem iongitudinally.

li; In a chine ior vending papers, containing means ior holding andejecting papers, means ior looking the said paper eiecting 'means untila coinis inserted, a change malring mechanism 'comprising a plurality oflaterally shiitahie and longitudinally movable coin eiectors, meansprothe lateral shltting movement 'of the colns 'within the pockets,means for mlslng ooins in the pocket to cause them to fall trom thepockets, means connecting the Selector elements with the correspondingcoin ejectors to shitt them laterally to selected posltions, means toensm a nelected ejector or ejectcrs to shitt them longltudlnally, andmeans carrled by certain of the selector levers to cause one of theSelector elements to swing with them in one direction.

MORRIS DORMAN.

